Chhatra Dal president Md Rakibul Islam Rakib has said Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has been banned under a law enacted by the Awami League, its parent organization, reports Dhaka Tribune.
The Chhatra Dal chief made the remarks on Friday in Kuakata while distributing leaflets containing the 31-point state-restructuring plan presented to the nation by BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
“For the past 15 years, Chhatra League has been involved in criminal activities on campuses, torturing innocent students, and various other crimes, leading the current interim government to ban them. The Awami League itself enacted the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009. Now, they have been caught in their own legal trap,” Rakib said.
The interim government banned Chhatra League, the student wing of Bangladesh Awami League, on Wednesday for its involvement in killings and destructive and terrorist activities, both directly and through incitement, during the July revolution.
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